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  • 2005
  • Unrated
  • Kinosfera
  • 40 m
  • 2005
  • Unrated
  • Kinosfera
  • 40 m
Wild Safari 3D

Summary This is a landmark conservation film and the first wildlife documentary to be filmed in three dimensions. With ranger Liesl Eichenberger as a guide, Wild Safari 3D takes the viewer along for a three thousand-mile ride in an open air vehicle on a game drive through nature reserves of Africa on a quest to see the Big Five, the most dangero...

Directed By: Ben Stassen

Written By: Ben Stassen

  • 2005
  • Unrated
  • Kinosfera
  • 40 m
  • 2005
  • Unrated
  • Kinosfera
  • 40 m

Wild Safari 3D

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Summary This is a landmark conservation film and the first wildlife documentary to be filmed in three dimensions. With ranger Liesl Eichenberger as a guide, Wild Safari 3D takes the viewer along for a three thousand-mile ride in an open air vehicle on a game drive through nature reserves of Africa on a quest to see the Big Five, the most dangero...

Directed By: Ben Stassen

Written By: Ben Stassen

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One caution: If you get motion sickness, beware, as much of the ride is bumpy and there's some hill-climbing and -descending that some might find disturbing, even in the comfort of an IMAX theater seat.
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75
For close-up views of large African animals in the wild, this IMAX spectacle is hard to beat. However, the film takes up too much of its brief running time tracking down the photogenic beasts.
By David Sterritt FULL REVIEW
70
The cinematic safari's simple pleasures are best experienced with the littlest ticket-holders, who get an edifying thrill ride and a computer-assisted sense of a wider world.
By Janet Maslin FULL REVIEW
60
It's informative as far as it goes, but the film's raison d'etre is the simple sight of large wildlife up close and personal, and it's mesmerizing.
By Maitland McDonagh FULL REVIEW
50
The 3-D effects are among the most effective ever shot.
By Lou Lumenick FULL REVIEW

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Production Company nWave Pictures
Release Date Apr 29, 2005
Duration 40 m
Rating Unrated
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Website http://www.nwave.com/wildsafari/
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